The new GoLite store in Boulder is about more than clothes and gear - it's about events, too.

Boulder locals have long flocked to the twice-annual GoLite warehouse sales, where the Boulder manufacturer and retailer of outdoor clothing and equipment sold its goods at prices often waaaay below retail.

I have spent several sub-freezing early weekday mornings standing in line for the doors to open while cradling a mug of coffee. The deals, for me, were too good to pass up — I’d flock to the samples racks, where I’d nab, for example, shirts that sold for $80 for $10.

Now, however, GoLite is opening stores, including a new one on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall (see above).

Will the warehouse sales continue? It’s unclear, according to a GoLite employee. Either way, the stores run sale prices on select items all the time. Tuesday morning, for example, I found great running shorts that were $45, then marked down to $32, and now on sale for $22 (still more than I want to pay, but a good deal).

In addition to the duds and the gear (tents, packs, etc.), the GoLite store on Pearl Street, at least, brings something else to Boulder, something all of you backpackers, climbers and outdoor enthusiasts will appreciate:

Travel and OutWest editor Kyle Wagner grew up in Pittsburgh and lived in Lake County, Ill., and Naples, Fla., before moving to Denver in 1993, where she reviewed restaurants for Westword before moving to The Denver Post in 2002. She considers the best days to be those that involve her teenage daughters and doing something outside, preferably mountain biking or whitewater rafting.

Dean Krakel is a photo editor (primarily sports) at The Denver Post. A native of Wyoming, he has authored three books, "Season of the Elk," "Downriver" and "Krakel's West." An avid kayaker, rafter, mountain biker, trail runner, telemark skier and backpacker, Dean's outdoor adventures have taken him around the world.

Douglas Brown was raised about 30 miles west of Philadelphia in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he spent a lot of time running around in the woods and fields (where he hunted and explored), and in the ocean (where he surfed and stared at the horizon). Now he lives in Boulder and spends as much time hiking, running, skiing and boarding the High Country (and the Boulder foothills) as possible.

Ricardo Baca is the entertainment editor and pop music critic at The Denver Post, as well as the founder and executive editor of Reverb and the co-founder of The UMS. Happy days often involve at least one of these: whitewater rafting, snowshoeing, vintage Vespas, writing, camping, live music, road trips, snowboarding or four-wheeling.